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Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen
Prince + Noble + Elder
Male
Born
Sep 12, 1804
Hometown
Amorbach
Died
Nov 13, 1856
Death Place
Amorbach
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen was a German nobleman and the elder half-brother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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CHILDHOOD
1804
Birth
Born on September 12, 1804.
1814
9 Years Old
Emich Carl died on 4 July 1814 and Carl succeeded him as third Prince of Leiningen.
TEENAGE
1818
13 Years Old
In 1818, his mother was remarried to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom, and in 1819 Carl and his sister Feodora were taken to Britain, where his half-sister Princess Victoria of Kent was born on 24 May. Carl later pursued a career in the Bavarian army. Leiningen briefly played an important role in German politics as the first Minister-President or Prime Minister of the government formed by the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848.
TWENTIES
1829
24 Years Old
On 13 February 1829, he was married to Countess Maria Klebelsberg (27 March 1806 - 28 October 1880, daughter of Count Maximilian Klebelsberg and his wife Maria Anna von Turba.
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THIRTIES
1837
32 Years Old
The Prince of Leiningen was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1837.
FIFTIES
1855
50 Years Old
In 1855, shortly after his niece Victoria, Princess Royal became engaged to Prince Frederick of Prussia, he suffered from a severe apoplectic attack.
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1856
52 Years Old
Died on November 13, 1856.
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